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Letter, 'Observations on the proper mode of forming tables for computing the value of Life Annuities' from William Fairmain to Adair Crawford

Reference number: L&P/10/57

Date: 13 May 1793

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Subject: Mathematics

Read 20 June 1793

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L&P/10/57
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13 May 1793
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Ink on paper
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3 pages
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Manuscript

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Letter, 'Observations on the proper mode of forming tables for computing the value of Life Annuities' from William Fairmain to Adair Crawford, 13 May 1793, L&P/10/57, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/l-and-p_10_57/letter-observations-on-the-proper-mode-of-forming-tables-for-computing-the-value-of-life-annuities-from-william-fairmain-to-adair-crawford, accessed on 21 April 2026

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